The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page ix
... pilgrims . -Benares , the religious centre of India - CHAPTER II . No Architectural remains dating prior to the third century before Christ yet found in India . - Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period , not of a rude character ...
... pilgrims . -Benares , the religious centre of India - CHAPTER II . No Architectural remains dating prior to the third century before Christ yet found in India . - Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period , not of a rude character ...
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... Pilgrims . Trilochan Temple . - Legends respecting Trilochan . -The Idolater's idea of the benefit resulting from ... Pilgrimage . • 37 61 82 3383 93 107 CHAPTER VIII . Temple of Jágeswar , a Resort of X CONTENTS .
... Pilgrims . Trilochan Temple . - Legends respecting Trilochan . -The Idolater's idea of the benefit resulting from ... Pilgrimage . • 37 61 82 3383 93 107 CHAPTER VIII . Temple of Jágeswar , a Resort of X CONTENTS .
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... Pilgrimage to the Rámnagar side of Benares . - Temple of Vedavyás . - Panch - kosí Road , or Sacred Boundary of Benares . - Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . -Sanitary condition of Benares . - Improvements suggested . . 169 CHAPTER XV ...
... Pilgrimage to the Rámnagar side of Benares . - Temple of Vedavyás . - Panch - kosí Road , or Sacred Boundary of Benares . - Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . -Sanitary condition of Benares . - Improvements suggested . . 169 CHAPTER XV ...
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... pilgrim from China , who visited 5 may be , to a large extent , equally products of ignorant mistake and misrepresentation . A good deal of weight has been allowed to this inscription ; and it has been , from time to time , honoured as ...
... pilgrim from China , who visited 5 may be , to a large extent , equally products of ignorant mistake and misrepresentation . A good deal of weight has been allowed to this inscription ; and it has been , from time to time , honoured as ...
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... pilgrim's fellow- religionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious in- ference is , that there were none , or none worth com- memorating . On the monasteries , towers , and reser- voirs of the immediate vicinity , 2 hallowed by ...
... pilgrim's fellow- religionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious in- ference is , that there were none , or none worth com- memorating . On the monasteries , towers , and reser- voirs of the immediate vicinity , 2 hallowed by ...
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ANCIENT REMAINS antiquity architraves Asiatic Aśoka Bakaríyá Kund banks Bará Barna bass-relief bathe Bengal Bisheswar Bodhi Brahmans bricks Buddha Buddhist building built capitals carved centre chaityas Cheit Singh Christian Chunar city of Benares cloister deer deities distance divine Durgá edifice enclosure entire erected excavations existence extent feet in height festival figure five formerly four Gaṇeś Ganges goddess ground held Hian Hindu Hinduism Hiouen Thsang honour hundred idolatry idols inches India inscription James Prinsep Jou-laï the Tathágata Káśí king large number Mahadeva Mahalla medan Melá miles Mohammedan monastery mosque mound native neighbourhood niches northern original ornamented persons pilgrimage pilgrims pillars portion present quadrangle Ráj Ghát Raja Rám Rámnagar regarded religion religious remarkable river road ruins sacred Sangam Sanskrit Sárnáth sculptured shrine side Siva spot square stands statue stone Stupa tank temple terrace tower Vihára Vishnu wall Warren Hastings worship